Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Samuel Bentham NPG 3069

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Henry Edridge

Mechanical Engineer credited with numerous innovations related to naval architecture and artillery. At the age of fourteen, he was apprenticed to a shipwright at Woolwich Dockyard. In 1780 he travelled to Russia and was employed by Prince Potemkin. Hired initially as a shipbuilder, Bentham eventually came to have complete responsibility over the administration of Potemkin's estate. In 1791, Bentham became Inspector-General of Naval Works to improve naval efficiency and economy in Britain. His main endeavour in this role was to increase efficiency and economy. Bentham... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.